I dunno if this would be a reasonable choice for you but...... I would just drill a tiny hole in the plexiglas and just push a paperclip through when I want to turn it on. It wouldn't be very practical but it would look cool. Another option would be to practice some soldering on a xbox 1.
You and your embeding, its better to embed the movies because that way users don't have to click on a link. I find it annoying and I know Peaches does .